Table 4.

Associations of demographics and sickness absence

	Sickness absence
	Length >14 days		Duration >7 days		Frequency >2x
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Gender
Woman	1.00		1.00		1.00
Man	0.49	0.38–0.62	0.66	0.51–0.85	0.42	0.32–0.55
Married
Married	1.00		1.00		1.00
Single	0.83	0.66–1.03	1.25	1.03–1.52	1.05	0.82–1.36
Divorced	1.73	1.24–2.41	2.18	0.54–8.81	1.54	1.04–2.28
Education
University	1.00		1.00		1.00
Higher vocational education	0.88	0.59–1.33	1.13	0.72–1.78	1.00	0.63–1.59
Interm. vocational education	1.42	1.00–2.00	1.93	1.30–2.86	1.16	0.78–1.72
Lower vocational education	2.07	1.45–2.96	2.84	1.90–4.24	1.30	0.86–1.96
Present (current) job
>10 years	1.00		1.00		1.00
5–10 years	0.98	0.74–1.28	1.02	0.78–1.34	1.04	0.74–1.46
<5 years	0.67	0.54–0.83	0.61	0.49–0.76	0.91	0.69–1.19
Salary
Low 4–6	1.00		1.00		1.00
Intermediate 7–9	0.50	0.43–0.60	0.49	0.41–0.59	1.71	1.28–2.28
High >9	0.38	0.30–0.49	0.33	0.25–0.44	1.07	0.79–1.44
Age
<35 years	1.00		1.00		1.00
35–45 years	1.38	1.07–1.78	1.54	1.17–2.02	1.20	0.90–1.60
>45 years	1.48	1.16–1.88	1.79	1.38–2.32	0.93	0.70–1.22
History sickness absence in days (length) 1 year before
0	1.00		1.00		1.00
1–7	1.57	1.24–2.01	1.19	0.95–1.50	3.07	2.18–4.31
8–14	3.68	2.85–4.74	2.65	2.08–3.39	6.30	4.44–8.95
> 14	9.72	7.75–12.2	4.26	3.43–5.29	12.9	9.40–17.8
History frequency (1 year before)
0x	1.00		1.00		1.00
1–2x	2.77	2.26–3.41	1.91	1.58–2.32	3.96	2.91–5.40
>2x	8.66	6.81–11.02	3.83	3.04–4.84	17.47	12.6–24.2

n ranges between 3,575–3,606 due to missing values